In the late 1970s, Central Asia could seem to some like just another stagnating Soviet backwater ... this overlooked music scene on the global map? Behind the collection lies a hidden history ...

Wealth of potential' - The post-Soviet economic collapse, corruption and regional conflicts put an end to colossal energy ...

The former USSR might not be considered a musical hotbed, but a new compilation of rare music from the Soviet Union lifts the veil on the vibrant, dance-focused scene that existed there in the 1980s.

This is the metadata section. Skip to content viewer section. Despite the prevalence of works on the 'discourses of danger' in the Ferghana Valley, which re-invented post-Soviet Central Asia as a site ...

LEORA EISENBERG: Evacuation was huge for the development of music in Soviet Central Asia. My name is Leora Eisenberg. I am a fourth-year Ph.D. student at Harvard, where I study the development of ...

In the late 1970s, Central Asia could seem to some like just another stagnating Soviet backwater. News of the day praised ... try and finally put this overlooked music scene on the global map? Behind ...

Amid Soviet Central Asia's boogie nights, the rhythms of a region's future In the late 1970s, Central Asia could seem to some like just another stagnating Soviet backwater. News of the day ...